The Riverbank Park Dance Project was created in 2014 in response to the impending demolition of portions of the modernist concrete park located in downtown Flint. The project goal is to increase knowledge and...

The Rackham Graduate School is pleased to announce that the Arts of Citizenship program will be renamed the Rackham Program in Public Scholarship as of August 2016. Arts of Citizenship was founded in 1998...

Vivian Truong is a Ph.D. Candidate in American Culture. She is working on a collaborative public history project with CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities entitled “Memory and Movement: 30 Years of Asian American Community Organizing.”...

Jana Wilbricht is a second-year Ph.D. student in Communication Studies, focusing on health communication. Her community-based, participatory research project explores and supports the role of tribal radio in providing access to accurate, culturally relevant...

How can scholars located in the academy make their skills and work relevant to the broader community? This question is a big one for many scholars in the humanities, particularly in my field, history....

Frank Romo and Trish Koman are collaborators on the Michigan Environmental Mapping Tool, one of five projects supported by the 2015 Arts of Citizenship Grants in Public Scholarship. Frank recently sent us this update....

What happens when high school students are given the chance to do something about dating and sexual violence in their community? When provided this chance by the Arts of Citizenship program, teens from the...

Make a Difference

Call for Proposals Due 8/22/2017

This symposium will advance the production and dissemination of scholarship that addresses political, social, and economic injustices. Selected presentations may also be showcased at additional “Marching Forward” events.